The Ingram Content Group today announced that it would be opening a Lightning Source plant in Melbourne, Australia this June. Ingram confirmed in September last year that they would open an Australian plant but had not at that stage chosen the exact location. From the press release: NASHVILLE, TN – Ingram Content Group Inc. today announced Melbourne…

Digital Book World has an interview below with David Prichard, CEO of Ingram Book Group (they own Lightning Source and the largest book distributor and wholesaler in the USA). From the interview: A day will come, I believe, that you’ll be reading your digital reader and you decide “I would rather have a printed copy”…

2010 State of the Computer Book Market, Post 3 – The Publishers – O’Reilly Radar: There really is some terrific data here provided by O’Reilly Radar, but what baffles me is why Lightning Source is lumped in with the top ‘publishers’. LSI is a printer, though the comparison is at least helpful to see the…

Why I Still Recommend Using Lightning Source over CreateSpace « Zoe Winters, Paranormal Romance Author: “Quality: It is true that they are nearly indistinguishable but… as for paper weight, it really depends on if you use cream or white paper with LSI, cream is the higher paper weight. I don’t think CS’s paper weight is…

Printer Lightning Source (LSI 284.40 – Index Rating, January 2011 ) is running a promotion at the moment for publishers and authors. All set-up fees will be waived if 50+ books are ordered. This offer is being run for a limited period and includes a discount code to be used against the offer. Further details…

October is the first month that Lightning Source has been knocked off the top spot. A surge in titles being published through CreateSpace and continued strong email feedback has led to their jump from the number 4 spot on the index. Other notable surprise mover on the up is Xlibris, up ten places, again based…

Last month we took a look at the launch of the Wikipedia Create a Book service supported by software tools designed by Mainz-based PediaPress. The Create a Book service allows users to create their own styled book based on selected contewnt from Wikipedia’s English language content. It was unclear if PediaPress were going to provide…

Lightning Source has become synonymous with authors pursuing what is described as ‘true self-publishing—whereby an author sets up their own imprint, purchases a block of ISBN’s and uses Lightning Source’s global print and fulfilment services to publish and make their books available for distribution. Lightning Source US Lightning Source UK “Lightning Source, an Ingram Content…

Angela Hoy, editor and proprietor at BookLocker, late yesterday made an open offer to any unhappy authors with Lulu to switch their books to the Maine-based POD publisher. In a bold announcement on this week’s edition of Writersweekly, Hoy drew attention to negative comments in Lulu’s forum from its own self-published authors. In a piece…

Lightning Source has announced additional print-on-demand services for colour hardbacks, more trim sizes for colour as well as black and white interiors of hardback and paperback formats, and page count limitations are now incredibly flexible with a minimum page count of just 18 pages and a maximum of 1200 pages. Over the past ten years…